subcategory
"subcategory" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“subcategory” is uncommon English (frequency #61,839 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,839
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - With respect to a given category; a narrower category.
Corpus desk
Index EN-subcategory · subcategory · English
subcategory · rank #61,839 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,839
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH Stretton
Nearest frequency peer: Stretton (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “subcategory”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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38,167 corpus weight
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38,165 corpus weight
- Stretton
Stretton
38,163 corpus weight
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subcategory
38,162 corpus weight
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38,160 corpus weight
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38,157 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “subcategory” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subcategory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #61,839 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “subcategory” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
subcategory is uncommon English at frequency #61,839 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for subcategory in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sub- + category. The correct English form is subcategory, spelled S-U-B-C-A-T-E-G-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1With respect to a given category; a narrower category.
- 2A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's.
Etymology
From sub- + category.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "subcategory", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.